Category:Heritage

The boilers of the Alba, Porthmeor Beach (unexploded bomb for some!)
Janet Axten tells us about the story of the Alba and explain about the wreck left on Porthmeor beach.
The steamer SS Alba on rocks off Porthmeor b...

St Ives Lifeboat day 2014
The most successful St Ives Lifeboat day to date.
Thursday 7th of August was an amazing day for the St Ives Lifeboat. The weather was glorious and with lots of support from locals and visito...

St Piran Day Parade St Ives 2014
St Piran’s Day started as one of the many tinners’ holidays observed by the tin miners of Cornwall. Other miners’ holidays of a similar nature include Picrous Day and Chewidden Thursday....

Women in the Industry St Ives
ST IVES Archive has won a national award for a project focusing on the history of women in industry.
Interviews with Janet Axten, Maggie Davis, Vera Care (née Barber) and Iris Bidgood.
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St Ives Jumbo Scully Race 2014
One of these relay-racing from the seashore was launched in St.Ives ultimate summer time season by the Jumbo Affiliation as an thrilling spectator sport to encourage this historic painti...

St Ives September Festival 2014
Music by Martyn Barker
Video commissioned by St Ives Holidays
With over 300 events planned for this year, there will be something for everyone a the St Ives September Festival 2014,...

John Knill Celebration 2016
Film commissioned by St Ives Holidays. Music by Bagas Porthia.
Knill’s Steeple, as the monument is known locally, was intended to be a mausoleum for customs officer and one-time St Ives ...

St Ives Parish Church
St Ives Parish Church presented by Fr Andrew Gough
The present church building was consecrated in 1434, and many Christians have worshipped in the building over the centuries. In 2010 the church c...

Captain Steve Bassett talks about his job as the St Ives Harbour Master.
video commissioned by St Ives Holidays
The first stone pier was not built until nearly 1500, but St Ives was probably the foremost Cornish fi...